{"id":597748,"date":"2023-11-15T06:32:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sanders-slams-senate-hearing-feud-as-pathetic\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T06:32:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:32:30","slug":"sanders-slams-senate-hearing-feud-as-pathetic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sanders-slams-senate-hearing-feud-as-pathetic\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sanders slams Senate hearing feud as \u2018pathetic\u2019\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/sandersbernie_101823gn03_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday slammed the near-brawl between GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Okla.) and International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O\u2019Brien, calling the encounter \u201cpathetic.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Asked by CNN anchor Jake T<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er if he has seen a time like this before, Sanders said, \u201cWell, it\u2019s pretty pathetic. I mean we have a United States senator challenging\u2026.a member of the panel who is the head of one of the larger unions in America, which has just negotiated a very good contract for their workers.\u201d <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sanders\u2019s comments come hours after he stepped in during a fierce back-and-forth between Mullin, a former mixed martial arts fighter, and O\u2019Brien in a committee hearing, after the Oklahoma Republican challenged the Teamsters official to a fight on the spot. <\/p>\n<p>During a hearing held by the Democratic-led Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Tuesday, Mullin read aloud O\u2019Brien\u2019s posts on X, formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, where he called the congressman a \u201cclown\u201d and a \u201cfraud.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir, this is a time, this is a place. You want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here,\u201d Mullin said during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, that\u2019s fine. Perfect,\u201d O\u2019Brien shot back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to do it now?\u201d Mullin asked. \u201cStand your butt up then.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou stand your butt up,\u201d O\u2019Brien\u00a0responded, prompting Mullin to stand up from his chair. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sanders, who chairs the HELP Committee, then stepped in, telling Mullin, \u201cHold it. No, no, no, sit down. Sit down! You\u2019re a United States senator, sit down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cross-talk continued before Mullin tried to challenge O\u2019Brien to a real cage match with proceeds going to charity, prompting Sanders to grab the mic and try to redirect the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s why, you know, the American people are getting sick and tired of what goes on here in Congress,\u201d Sanders told Tapper. \u201cWhat that hearing was about as a matter of fact \u2014 by the way might be nice for the media to pay attention to really what the hearing was about \u2014 is that workers all over this country are standing up and fighting back against corporate greed.\u201d <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what the hearing was about, not you know, a senator getting into a fight with a union leader,\u201d Sanders said. <\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien, along with United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain and Sara Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-Communication Workers of America, were featured speakers for the HELP Committee\u2019s hearing on how unions are improving the lives of working families. <\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien helped lead the Teamsters to a tentative agreement with the United Parcel Service (UPS) last summer, just days before their contracts were set to expire. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Calling it \u201ca good contract,\u201d Sanders argued rebuilding the \u201cdisappearing middle class\u201d means workers should be joining unions and \u201ctaking on\u201d large corporations. <\/p>\n<p>Mullin later said he was trying to expose O\u2019Brien as a \u201cthug\u201d after the Teamsters leader called Mullin a \u201cgreedy CEO,\u201d following a previous HELP Committee meeting in March, to which Mullin told him to \u201cshut his mouth.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Oklahoma senator did not apologize when later asked about the incident, claiming he was responding to the union leader calling him out on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday slammed the near-brawl between GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Okla.) and International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O\u2019Brien, calling the encounter \u201cpathetic.\u201d Asked by CNN anchor Jake Tapper if he has seen a time like this before, Sanders said, \u201cWell, it\u2019s pretty pathetic. 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